More generally, percutaneous, via its Latin roots means, 'by way of the skin'. An example would be percutaneous drug absorption from topical medications. More often, percutaneous is typically used in reference to placement of medical devices using a needle stick approach. In general, percutaneous refers to the access modality of a medical procedure, whereby a medical device is introduced into a patient's blood vessel via a needle stick.
This is in part due to the fact that Spain has the highest rate of organ donors in the world. In 2013, a total of 1,655 people in Spain donated their. organs, with an average of 35.1 donors per million people, well above that of the European Union's 19.2, the Unite States' 25.8, and even four times of.
Organ transplants are well-accepted therapies performed routinely at specialized transplant centers and saving thousands of lives each year. 6000 liver transplants are performed annually in the U.S., and the number continues to rise. Liver transplant patients have an approximately 86% one-year and 78% three-year survival rate, comparable to the current survival rate for heart transplant patients.